Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2816
Road traffic
The Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2006
Made
21st October 2006
Laid before Parliament
26th October 2006
Coming into force
30th November 2006
The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) for the regulation of the type, description, construction or equipment of vehicles, and of components of vehicles, and in particular any vehicle type approval scheme( 2 ).
Accordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, he makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2006, and shall come into force on 30th November 2006.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Motor Vehicles (EC Type Approval) Regulations 1998( 3 ).
Amendment of regulation 3 (interpretation)
2. In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations, for the definition of “the Framework Directive”, there is substituted—
“ “the Framework Directive” means Council Directive 70/156/ EEC 4 ) —
(a) as amended by—
(i) amendments up to and including those effected by Commission Directive 2004/104/EC , dated 14th October 2004 ( 5 ) ,
(ii) Commission Directive 2005/49/EC , dated 25th July 2005 ( 6 ) ,
(iii) Directive 2005/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 26th October 2005 ( 7 ) , and
(iv) Commission Directive 2006/28/EC 8 ) , dated 6th March 2006, and
(b) construed as required by Article 10 of Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 28th September 2005 ( 9 ) . ” .
Amendment of Schedule 1 (separate Directives)
3. In the table in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations, for item 41 (diesel emissions), there is substituted—
| “ 41 | 2005/55/EC† | 2005/78/EC* 2006/51/EC* | L275, 20.10.2005, p.1 L313, 29.11.2005, p.1 L152, 7.6.2006, p.11 | Diesel emissions ” |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Minister of State
Department for Transport
21st October 2006
S.I. 1998/2051 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/778 , 1999/2324 , 2000/869 , 2000/2730 , 2001/2809 , 2002/1835 , 2002/2743 , 2003/1019 , 2003/2428 , 2004/73 , 2004/2186 , 2005/2454 , 2006/142 , 2006/1695 and 2006/2409 .
OJ No. L42, 23.2.70, p.1.
OJ No. L337, 13.11.2004, p.13.
OJ No. L194, 26.07.2005, p.12.
OJ No. L309, 25.11.2005, p.37.
OJ No. L65, 7.3.2006, p.27.
OJ No. L275, 20.10.2005, p.1.
OJ No. L313, 29.11.2005, p.1.
OJ No. L152, 7.6.2006, p.11.
OJ No. L36, 9.2.1988, p.33.